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An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

Experience the "opulence, grace, and grandeur of Eureka's most famous Victorian Inn."

Folk art crafted from discarded vegetable crates.

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

Ruins of a 13th-century fortress perched above a breathtaking Mediterranean bay.

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

This remote Himalayan temple is in danger of being completely washed away by a melting glacier.

The highest tropical mountain range in the world is in Central Peru, home to a vast array of exotic and quirky plants and animals.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

Bermuda triangle lighthouse, site of mysterious disappearances, left to crumble into the Atlantic.

Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

An ancient burial ground believed to have been used for ritual sacrifice.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

Of course Salvador Dalí lived in a castle...

This sculpture commemorates Edinburgh's sister city and their respective celebrity dogs.

The U.K.'s first underground railway line is now a lively thoroughfare for runners and cyclists.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.